Vehicle-wheel.



No. 640,652. Patented Jan. 2,' I900.

l. W. GREGG.

VEHICLE WHEEL.

(Application filed. June 7, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

ISRAEL \V. GREGG, OF ELWOOD, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN F.RODIFER, OF SAME PLACE.

VEHICLE-WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 640,652, dated January2, 1900.

Application filed June '7, 1899. Serial No. 719,711. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ISRAEL W. GREGG, a citizen of the United States,residing at Elwood, in the county of Madison and State of Indiana, haveinvented certain new and usef Lil Improvements in Vehicle-Wheels,ofwhich the following is a specification.

Thisinvention relates to that class of wheels in which an outer tread orsheath of some suitable fabric, such as rubber, is supported by innermetallic overlapping sections which in turn are supported by springs.

It consists in various details of construction and arrangements andcombinations of parts,

as will be hereinafter more particularly described and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof andon which similar reference characters indicate similar parts, Figure 1is a side elevation of a wheel embodying my present invention, a portionbeing broken away to show the interior construction; Fig. 2, a sideelevation of a fragment thereof on a considerably enlarged 2 5 scale,portions being broken away, as before;

Fig. 3, a transverse sectional view on the dotted line 3 3 in Fig. 2;Fig. 4, a similar view on the dotted line 4 4 in Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 a

plan view of so much of the interior construction as is seen from thedotted line 5 5 in Fig. 2.

The felly A is shown as made of wood. Circumferential grooves are outalong its outer edges, in which are seated the annular fian ge- 5 rings1 and 2. Near its edges are suitable pockets, within which are seatedsprings 3, and above these springs are saddles B. These saddles arearranged at suitable intervals around the periphery of the felly A,resting in a suitable groove therein, and are connected by springs O.Other'springs D, preferably duplex in form, are united to the sad dles Bat one end, and the others extend up against and are attached to theunder sides of the overlapping sections or plates E. Theseplates'support the outer sheath or tread F of the wheel, and the exposedportions of them come in immediate contact with such sheath,

other portions being covered by the overlapping adjacent portions of thelike parts. Angle-plates G may be attached to the metal sections E andextend across beneath the saddles B and form the parts with which thesprings 3 come in immediate contact, as shown in Fig. 4:, the plates Gbeing thus in part supported directly from the springs 3 instead ofthrough the intermediary of the saddles B.

The sections E are preferably corrugated, as shown, and the outer sheathor tread F should be correspondingly corrugated or fit- 6o ted to thecorrugations.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, in a wheel, of a felly having pockets therein,springs in said pockets, overlapping metal sections arranged outside ofsaid fellies, angle-plates attached to said sections and extending inand resting upon said springs, saddles arranged at inter- 7o vals aroundthe felly, springs uniting the several saddles, and other springscarried by said saddles and supporting the overlapping metal sections.

2. The combination, in a wheel, of the felly, the sheath or tread,overlapping metal sec tions within said sheath or tread, saddles car=ried by the felly, springs uniting the several saddles, and othersprings interposed between the saddles and the overlapping metal sections whereby the latter are supported from the former, substantially asshown and de-. scribed.

3. The combination, in a vehicle-wheel, of the felly, the sheath ortread, saddles arranged 8 5 at intervals around the felly, springsuniting the several. saddles arranged in a groove in said folly, andsprings supported by and ex tending from said saddles to saidoverlapping metal sections. o

4. The combination, in a vehicle-wheel, o a felly having grooves aroundits peripheral edges, annular rings set in said grooves and extending upand forming bearing-surfaces for metal sections, said metal sectionsbeing constructed and arranged to overlap each other and substantiallyU-shaped in form hand and seal, at Elwood, Indiana, this 31st with theiredges resting against saifi rings, day of May, A. D. 1899.

suitable sprin 's carried from the felly and supporting saiametalsections, anda suitable ISRAEL GREGG SJ 5 sheath or treadsurrounding the Whole, sub- 'Wiimesses:

stantially as shown and described. HERMAN F. WILKIE, In witness whereofI have hereunto set my DANIEL L. GREEN.

